HAWKWIND. "SONIC ATTACK" RCA UK 1981 LP. ORIG.
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Hawkwind ?– Sonic Attack

Label: RCA ?– RCALP 6004 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: UK Released: 1981 Genre: Rock Style: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Hard Rock

TracklistShow Credits

A1 Sonic Attack 4:45 A2 Rocky Paths 3:38 A3 Psychosonia 2:44 A4 Virgin Of The World 4:22 A5 Angels Of Death 6:02 B1 Living On A Knife Edge 4:49 B2 Coded Languages 4:53 B3 Disintegration 1:07 B4 Streets Of Fear 4:12 B5 Lost Chances 5:45

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  • Recorded At – Rockfield Studios

Credits

  • Art Direction [Direction] – Andrew Christian
  • Bass, Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Directed By – Harvey Bainbridge
  • Drums – Martin Griffin
  • Engineer – Ashley Howe, Pat Moran, Paul Cobbold
  • Illustration – Jim Mountjoy
  • Lead Guitar, Vocals, Other [Harrased By] – Huw Lloyd-Langton
  • Mastered By – Arun*
  • Producer – Hawkwind
  • Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Directed By – Dave Brock

Notes

Recorded at Rockfield Studios June, July, Aug. 1981. 

Contains limited edition lyric sheet.

AllMusic Review by Victor W. Valdivia  [-]

By the time of Sonic Attack, Hawkwind, after losing virtually all of its original members save singer-guitarist Dave Brock, had made a complete transition from a psychedelic proto-punk outfit to a sleek, polished heavy metal band. Sonic Attack sounds like it could have been recorded by early-'80s contemporaries like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. True, neither of those bands would have written a song like "Psychosonia," in which the lyrics "They are trying to rob us of our right to communicate" are turned into a cheerleading spell-a-thon. Nonetheless, that (and the title track, which originally appeared on 1973's Space Ritual) are the only concessions to the original, quirky Hawkwind style. Most of the lyrics are typical sci-fi and Dungeons & Dragons-style tales, which are not all that dissimilar from lyrics of other bands of the era, but not particularly notable either. The musicianship is clean, probably even more so than on Hawkwind's earlier, more classic albums


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